Just wanted to let everyone know that Nextel has placed it's first order for a HYBRID blackberry. I was told this from our RIM regional manager. The order was placed late this afternoon. So look for a 8800 series HYBRID blackberry for Nextel, hopefully soon!

This is great news!!! Thank you! We have a hybrid (ic902) and NEXTEL has been working hard to keep us NEXTEL user's happy... Now they can keep us government users happy with a hybrid.... Just have a patience and a little faith and you will find that all will be better in the end... After all our only other option is Cingular or wait AT&T and who knows where their heading.......

I would love to have a Nextel BlackBerry with direct connect but with the faster Sprint network for data like they are doing with their regular cell phones. The BB is slow when it comes to web sites. I'm going to start saving my money for the new BB.